Seeking $14 million, DAS Communications claims that the "TiK ToK" hitmaker breached her contract upon leaving the company in September 2008 to work with producer Dr. Luke.
According to DAS, Ke$ha had committed to giving them 20% of her future income - with the contract allowing her to cut ties with the company if she didn't land a deal with a major label within 12 months.
Seemingly working in the 23-year-old's favor is the fact that she didn't sign with a major label in the 12-month period, but DAS says that they continued their relationship afterwards until Dr Luke "induced, intimidated and convinced Ke$ha" to cut ties with them.
The court filing adds: "Although she has made an incredible amount of money in a very short period of time, in large part due to DAS' efforts on her behalf, she could just as easily lose money if not properly guided."
The management company's lawyer, Ken Freundlich, told: "DAS was Kesha's manager since the beginning of 2006, and there was a written agreement, and they worked closely, and sometime in September 2008 Dr. Luke, for his own personal gain, somehow induced her to breach that contract. And she unceremoniously terminated DAS without justification and then ended up with Luke, basically. We're going to have our day in court. And we're going to prove that Dr. Luke induced her to breach the contract. She had no right to do so, and we're going get damages from her."
In response, Ke$ha's attorney said: "This lawsuit seeks to require her to pay DAS head David Sonenberg commissions on her RCA/Jive record deal that he had nothing to do with, long after she terminated him in writing."
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